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Hyperion appoints Rebecca Scott as new group COO

Intermediary Hyperion Insurance Group, which owns MGA DUAL, retail broker Howden and specialty broker RKH, has appointed Rebecca Scott as new group chief operating officer (COO).   28 March 2019

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Fitch Ratings: profitability at peak in 2019 for US title insurers

The prospect of higher interest rates may curb refinancing activity.   22 November 2019

Insurance

Marsh boosts Aviation Practice in London and New York with four senior hires

Global insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh has made four senior appointments to Marsh JLT Specialty’s Aviation Practice in London and New York.   8 October 2019

Insurance

Dive In Festival: how going virtual in 2020 helped D&I

The popular Dive In Festival took the decision to go virtual in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers found the move enabled them to attract an entirely new audience and boost overall attendance, says Marc McKenna-Coles, 2020 Dive In Festival lead, in his foreword to Intelligent Insurer's Diversity and Inclusion Report 2021.   14 March 2021

Insurance

Global commercial insurance rates enjoy biggest hike since 2012: Marsh

Average commercial insurance prices globally enjoyed their biggest increase since 2012 in the first quarter of 2019, according to Marsh’s Global Insurance Market Index.   17 May 2019

Insurance

Deutsche Rück’s profits rise but GWP shrink in 2018

German reinsurer Deutsche Rück Group's profits soared in 2018 but its book shrank due to a restructuring of a business segment within the group of German public insurers.   17 May 2019

Insurance

Generali posts solid growth and profits in Q1 results

Italian insurer enjoyed a big increase in its profit in the first quarter of 2019, though this was partly driven by disposals. Its GWP also show solid gains in all parts of the business.   16 May 2019

Insurance

Direct Line Group partners with car-subscription service Drover

They are teaming up to include insurance in Drover’s car subscriptions.   18 November 2019

Insurance

Insurance agents arrested in $1.9m scam in California

A joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations has resulted in an alleged $1.9 million scam where the suspects submitted fraudulent life insurance applications to take advance commissions from insurance companies.   23 March 2018

Insurance

B3i runs hackathon stress test with brokers, insurers and reinsurers

Blockchain insurance initiative B3i successfully stress tested its Property Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance application recently with a hackathon in Zurich, Switzerland.   1 July 2019

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